Tobacco pipe



Ap i 1929- H. F. sAMsTAG 1,709,375

TOBACCO PIPE Filed May '7, 1928 Patented Apr. 7 16, 1929.

f UN TED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

nnnraYr. SAMSTAG, or NEW YORK, N.1Y.

TOBACCO PIPE.

Application filed May 7,

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in tobacco pipes and has particular.appllcation to so constructing or reinforcing the'bowl of a wooden pipe that splitting and rapid wearing out of the pipe bowl is avoided.

As is well known wooden pipes are ofttimes liable to split or crack after they have been in use for a short time, this beingdue in all probability to'the heating caused by burning tobacco, or from expansion and contraction. Furthermore, the life of a wooden pipe, when 1t has been continuously used, is comparatively short, owing to the a. In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a wooden smoking pipe embodying my improvements; 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. i

fact that under the action of the burning V tobacco the inside of the bowl and therim thereof will burn or char, and in emptying and cleaning such a pipe it is the habit for mostlsmokers to knock the-bowl rim against a hard surface to remove the. ashes. WVhen' the rim ofthe bowl has been charred, this constant knocking of the bowl rim against a hard surface rapidly breaks, crumbles or wears out the bowl at the rim portion thereof. The result is that the appearance ofthe pipe is destroyed, thesmoking or drawing 7 quality is interfered with, and it is difficult to handle without soilingthe fingers. Consequently, the pipe is often discarded after a short life, and in the case of comparatively costly pipes, such as those of imported briarwood, this isanexpensive proposition; j Therefore, it is my purpose to so construct or reinforce the bowl ofthe pipe that the life ofthe latter: will be "prolonged by the avoidance of splitting,crumbling or breaking of the bowl or the rim part thereof under use in smoking.

With the above recited objects andothers of a similarnature in view,.my invention consists in the construction, 'combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope ofthe appended claim.

' Referring now, to the accompanying 1928. Serial No. 275,323,

drawings'in detail the letter indicates the conventional form of a wooden tobacco pipe,

such as 'briar, embodyingthe usual mouthpiece l,the stem 2 and the bowl 3; In order to prevent the cracking of the pipeandthe breaking down or wearing out of the bowl rim under constant knocking or hammering of thelatter against-a hard surface, I reinforce the bowl rim shown at 4,'by imbedding in the same a series of short; metallic studs, brads or nails shown at 5. reinforcements are arranged circumferentially of the rim of the bowl and imbedded so as to flush with the fiat face of the rim, as

)will be readily understoodby reference to Fig. .2. Furthermore it is necessary that these metallic reinforcements be located or positioned intermediate the concentric Walls of the bowl rim, so a's, to be entirely'surrounded by i the wood [of the pipe bowl,

reinforce or protect the fiat circular edge of therim as to prevent the crumbling, breakingdown or destruction of the latter,"whe1i the pipe is knocked or struck against a hard surface as in -e'mptying 'or'cleaningout the ashes.

These metallic thereby protecting the tobacco from con- 3 tact with the reinforcements by the wood,

Insome-instances instead of forming-the metallic reinforcement of individual brads,

studsor thelike, the rim may be formed with v a circularrecess and a metallic reinforcing ring embedded thereln until its upper sur face is flush with" the bowl rim.

I am aware of the fact that it has hither to been proposed to cap the bowl rim with a flanged metallic ring, but in such a construction the metal ring is exposed, detracting from the appearance of theall Wooden pipe, and-the burning tobacco comes into contactwith the inner flange of the; ring and heats :the metal and under contraction'and expansion the latter will be more liable to promote the cracking of the pipevbowl than to act as a protection against the same,

With my improvement the burning to 5 bacco is not in contact with the metallic reing means comprising a series of spaced me- 10 tallic studs imbedded in and substantially flush with the bowl rim and out of contact with the walls of the pipe bowl.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 27th day of April, A. D. 71928.

HENRY F. SAMSTAG. 

